A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
It would be the first national party to call for a total ban on the Islamic headgear.
The UK Independence Party is considering a call to ban the wearing of burkas, it has been reported. It would be the first national party to call for a total ban on the Islamic headgear; the far-right British National Party believes they should be banned from schools.
Continue reading… “UK Independent Party Wants To Ban Wearing Burkas”
When the family budget started feeling the recession’s pinch last year, Angela Allyn and her photographer husband, Matt Dinnerstein, pulled their three kids out of Chicago-area private schools and enrolled them in Evanston, Ill., public schools.
Continue reading… “Recession Forces Families to Shift From Private to Public Schools”
As computers have become a staple in American homes, the rate of injuries from computer mishaps has grown as well — particularly among young children, according to a study published Tuesday.
Continue reading… “Computer Related Injuries A Growing Problem In U.S.”
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Traditional three-blade turbines are great if you have lots of space to play with, but the Optiwind Compact Wind Accelerating Turbine is ideal for high-density, low-wind areas. The turbine’s series of small, five bladed fans funnel in wind and accelerate it, thereby cranking up wind speeds to generate more power.
Continue reading… “Optiwind: Wind Turbine For High Density, Low Wind Areas”
To my family and friends,
As some of you know, I have just started my tour in Afghanistan. Everything is going really well, so no worries. This country is beautiful and has a lot of problems but that makes being here so worth it. I have received emails from a few of you asking what I need while I’m here so I decided to write you all and let you know that I don’t need anything. At least not for me. I’m asking all of you to send me a few items to help the Afghan Children. Let me explain.
Continue reading… “A Letter From Afghanistan: Help Needed For Afghan Children”
In a study likely to make school janitors cringe, US researchers said on Wednesday that chewing gum may boost academic performance in teenagers.
Continue reading… “Chewing Gum Boosts Academic Scores of Students”
College too expensive? Try YouTube. It might seem counterintuitive to look for higher education alongside Avril Lavigne music videos, but the video-sharing site has become a major reservoir of college content.
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The film “Slumdog Millionaire,” in which a poor Indian boy wins a quiz show, won eight Oscars. The country is home to a man with a similar story — Harsh Nawathe, who became a millionaire in 2000 as a TV contestant. Today he is helping to educate the children of the slums.
Continue reading… “India’s Real ‘Slumdog Millionaire’”
A robot named Cosmo has become six-year-old Kevin Fitzgerald’s unlikely ally in his uphill everyday battle with developmental difficulties.
At a strip mall clinic in suburban Maryland, Kevin is at the unlikely intersection of new efforts to treat symptoms of autism, cerebral palsy and other developmental disorders with robotics and computer work.
Continue reading… “Learning With Robot-Aided Therapy”
Last year’s earthquake in Sichuan province, China killed 69,000 people and flattened thousands of buildings, including schools. A team led by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is constructing new temporary but strong school buildings using plywood and cardboard tubes.
Continue reading… “Cardboard Tubes Used To Build Earthquake-Ready School In China”
Of the thousands of “Once in a lifetime opportunity” ads you see on television and read in the papers, this one could actually be it. It’s not every day that a person gets a chance to own a Space Shuttle, but NASA is offering that to schools, science museums and “other appropriate organizations.” With the aim of generating funds for future missions, the space agency is willing to sell off Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour once they retire in September 2010.
Continue reading… “Your Personal Space Shuttle For $42 Million”
When I think about good companies that have education, people and the environment in mind, one of the companies I think about first is Terracycle.
Continue reading… “Terracycle: Creates Amazing Products From Waste”
